I think he could have won had he resided in the district rather than promising to move into the district only if he wins. My state does not require a representative to live in the district that elects them to the House and apparently the same is true of Georgia.

Saint Cloud, Minnesota, where the weather is wonderful even when it isn't.

Looks like a runoff, as expected. That gives Republicans plenty of time to knock Ossoff down with more attacks. Handel didn't necessarily shine as Sec. Of State, couldn't muster enough to become Gov, so perhaps Congress will be her landing zone.

It looks, unfortunately, like he'll end up around 48%. But that may be close enough to win the runoff.

I'm quietly optimistic and openly pessimistic. I just hope he does reach upper 40s or momentum may dwindle in 2 months. But there's no better upset available than to take Gingrich and Price's turf away.

QuoteKey electronic voter logs used in the Georgia special election to fill a vacant Congressional seat were swiped from the pickup truck of a poll worker during a grocery run, according to a police report obtained by Fox News.

The theft of early voting check-in books has raised the specter of fraud in the hotly contested race to fill the state's sixth district seat left open when Tom Price was named Health and Human Services secretary.

As of yet, this appears to be the only report...which first appeared 8 hours ago.

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All the ballots for the Democrats combined were 49%, not enough to win in June. This was Ossoff's best shot.

And that's the reality. GA06 is nearly all "leafy suburbs" --- filled not so much with crazy, illiterate, rabid troglodytes that liberals love to hate, but normal conservatives who will reliably vote Republican, no matter who the President is. They "got theirs" and wanna keep it. Case closed. "Politics" doesn't matter to them.

I have good friends in GA06 who fit that description. I understand it, and them. I also understand that it's these folks who delivered Trump to the White House, not poor, rural America.

2018 will be interesting. I'm not aware of any swing districts having elections until then.

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All the ballots for the Democrats combined were 49%, not enough to win in June. This was Ossoff's best shot.

And that's the reality. GA06 is nearly all "leafy suburbs" --- filled not so much with crazy, illiterate, rabid troglodytes that liberals love to hate, but normal conservatives who will reliably vote Republican, no matter who the President is. They "got theirs" and wanna keep it. Case closed. "Politics" doesn't matter to them.

I have good friends in GA06 who fit that description. I understand it, and them. I also understand that it's these folks who delivered Trump to the White House, not poor, rural America.

2018 will be interesting. I'm not aware of any swing districts having elections until then.

Your description of the GA06 is incomplete.
GA06 has a high percentage of well-educated immigrants (who tend to vote Dem) and other progressive minded people. The district went 46% for Hillary in November with almost no campaign effort on her part, so moving up on that is a good sign for Dems.

I personnally cannot stand Karen Handel, she's the person who messed up Komen with her wacky social conservatism. I'll be fighting to defeat her and elect Joe Osoff in June and so should everyone, even though it's a long shot.

I think people should avoid reading too much into these special elections, which have never been bellwethers for either party or for midterms. If Osoff loses in June it doesn't mean Dems didn't support him on a national level (they have and will) and if he wins it doesn't mean big trouble for the GOP. It's only one local race.

This will also depend on the turnout. In this case the Dems are motivated and may turn out better. Add that the Republicans will need all the votes that were cast for all the GOP candidates combined. Voters who did not support Handel the first time, may not be highly motivated to vote the second time.

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QuoteThe Ossoff campaign reported a record amount of fundraising in the race. His $8.3 million in fundraising and $2.1 million on hand [at the end].

Hill had the second-most amount of funds raised, reporting $473,000 with $113,000 on hand.

Handel was third in fundraising with $463,000 being raised as of the April 6 reporting date. She reported over $183,000 on hand heading into the last days of campaigning.

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan’s Congressional Leadership Fund has provided $2.1 million in ads while the GOP’s National Congressional Campaign Committee chipped in another $1.8 million for the race.

Moody has self-funded a lot of his campaign for about $2 million in ads, and the Club for Growth, which is backing Gray has spent $500,000 in ad money on the race.

Handel is the beneficiary of $700,000 in ad spending from Ending Spending, a super PAC founded by the Ricketts family.

If you add it up, and subtract what's left on hand, it looks like the Dem spent $6.2M, and the combined total for the R's was $7.2M. I doubt if that includes dark money "issue ads", although I don't know if there were such ads. It's not clear to me if the DNC did anything beyond funding 9 staffers.

QuoteConsider this: Democrats control nine of the 10 congressional districts with the highest percentage of college-educated voters. Georgia-6 is the only exception, Dante Chinni pointed out last week in the Wall Street Journal.

Do you chime in on RNC minutia? No. You're like "Hey, I don't like the way you painted your house."

No, I am pointing out your house is getting egged because you picked the worst colors in recent history.

Quoteyou spend more time attacking Democrats than Republicans.

Prove it.

I think that's just some Russian intel you Bros sucked down. Attacking Dems is your thing. Prove it's not true. If you "do" prove it. I don't care. Trump is in the White House because of people like you. That's not going to change. Instead of turning your focus on him, you turn it on the entity that rightly places the blame on you. So you have to vigorously prove that it isn't cuz you can't ever say. I was wrong to not support the only opposition to Trump which meant that I was fine with the prospect of Trump becoming President. Man up and be honest.

Do you chime in on RNC minutia? No. You're like "Hey, I don't like the way you painted your house."

No, I am pointing out your house is getting egged because you picked the worst colors in recent history.

Quoteyou spend more time attacking Democrats than Republicans.

Prove it.

I think that's just some Russian intel you Bros sucked down. Attacking Dems is your thing. Prove it's not true. If you "do" prove it. I don't care. Trump is in the White House because of people like you. That's not going to change. Instead of turning your focus on him, you turn it on the entity that rightly places the blame on you. So you have to vigorously prove that it isn't cuz you can't ever say. I was wrong to not support the only opposition to Trump which meant that I was fine with the prospect of Trump becoming President. Man up and be honest.

Once again blaming others when the cause was the known shortcomings of your candidate. Man up and take the blame. Then make some changes so you might start winning again.